dedicant การใช้

• From Ihn-Niedaltdorf an inscription ( ) records the donation of a building and its furnishings at the dedicant's expense:
• From this inscription, we know the name and gender of the dedicant, Nikandre, as well as some vague hint of her intention ( to please the goddess ).
• Some Alexandrians have instituted a preliminary rank called " neophyte " or " dedicant . " In these Alexandrian covens, a neophyte is not bound by the oaths taken by initiates, and thus has an opportunity to examine the tradition before committing to it.
• Although it is tempting to initially assume that a dedicant, such as Nikandre, would commission a statue in her own likeness, the number of surviving female statues with male dedicants indicates that while possible in some situations, this could not be the general rule.
• This is established from the reliefs of Temple J at Karnak which depicts the High Priest Takelot F as the dedicant at a religious ceremony and mentions the ruling king of Egypt as pharaoh Osorkon II . Temple J has been dated to the final years of Osorkon II's reign.